After 25 long years Newcastle has been itching to pull out the red and blue paint, flags and merch, and, with just days to go, even the dead are rising from the grave to defend the kingdom.
Council buildings, houses, businesses, and even the harbour's famous tugboats, have turned red and blue, as the city goes Knights mad.
People have shown a huge amount of enthusiasm, and competitiveness, for the spirited display, and the Newcastle Herald has compiled just a taste of their efforts.
"Boneman Best" could be the Knights biggest and deadliest fan, rising from his grave (a cardboard box) to don Knights gear with sword in hand.
Brinley Stanovski, of Speers Point, pulled out the 12-foot skeleton after an agreement with her partner that he would make an appearance if the team made the grand final.
"Usually he is not a fan of the skeleton," she said.
"But he said at the start of the season if the Knights made the final he should go up, and I remembered that.
Going by Bigassskeleton on Instagram, the giant Halloween decoration had made the trip from the US with Ms Stanovski, who hails from Cleveland.
"I've had him for about two years, you can only get them in the US, so we had to pack him up in two different boxes of bones to bring him to Australia," she said.
"He usually goes by Skelly, but for the weekend we went with Boneman Best, the other option was Skalen Ponga, which we thought wasn't as good."
She said her partner, who was born and bred in Hamilton, introduced her to rugby league fever, which reminded her of her home town.
"Cleveland and Newcastle are very similar cities, with strong working class backgrounds who really rally together for our teams," she said.
"I was just in Sydney last week and there was no vibe, not like there is here.
"It is great to be a part of it."
The red and blue paint is spreading well outside the city, as fans celebrate their homegrown players any way they can.
Jason Crocket, the publican at The Chelmsford Hotel in Kurri Kurri, said he bought out the local Supercheap Auto of red and blue spray paint to coat the pub.
"We were watching the game on Saturday and I just told the kids, 'that's it, we are gonna paint the pub'," he said.
"They said you won't do it, but then I was up there overnight on Monday getting the job done."
Mr Crocket said the paint job left his windows a bit bare, so he asked a friend to print posters of the players looking like they were smashing through the glass.
"They've had a breakthrough season, so it fit that they would be breaking through our windows," he said.
"My kids were not born in 2001 and didn't get to experience how wild that was, so to be able to share this moment together and get into the spirit is just great."
Mr Crocket said as a sponsor of the local club it meant a lot for young players to see homegrown juniors in the Knights squad in a premiership final.
"To be able to see players that are from the same club or town as you in the red and blue in a final is just such an inspiration for any young players watching."
